Dump-car lock.



A. G. STANSILL, G. H. DOTY & F. W. HUBBARD.

' DUMP GAR LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1909.

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A. G. STANSILL, G. H. DOTY & F. W HUBBARD. DUMP UAR LOOK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1909.

' WITNESSES:

Patented Oct. 18, 1910.

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A. O. STANSILL, O. H. DOTY 8; F. W. HUBBARD.

DUMP GAR LOOK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1909.

Patented Oct. 18, 1910.

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ADGER C. STANSILL, CHARLES H. DOTY, AND FRED WHITQN HUBBiARD, 0F COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE KILBOURNE AND JACOBS MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

DUMP-CAR LOCK.

Specification of Letters, Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Ancnn STANBILL,

CHARLES H. DOTY, and FRED WHITQN HUB- nAnl), citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful lm rovements in Dump-Car Locks, of which tlie following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the means for locking and controlling a dumpcar, which is preferably mounted on a longitudinal axis to dump laterally, and the embodiment of the invention herein illustrated and described is applied to a dump car of this nature.

The invention consists essentially in I an arc-shaped band or member applied to the underside of the car bed or ho y, preferably in the region of the middle of the length of the car, and with this band is associated a locking member, which is preferably provided in pairs, one located on each side of the center sill of the car; with this locking construction there is associated further locking means adapted for operation by the dumping means and also the car bed to unlock the same or maintain the same in locked position, as may be determined by the direction of movement of the car body in being dmnped. 'lherefore, this improvement consists in associating with the dumping means of the car, locking members, controlling means for the locking members, and providing upon the bed of the car a member for unlocking the said controlling means as may be desired or required by the operation of the car. However, a similar arc-shaped member and locking deviccs'may be arranged on a hand operated car to be manually released and .;ontrollcd, and in this construc tion pneumatic means lor dumping and righting the car are dispensed with, and the controlling means connecting the dumping means with the locks are also dispensed with. The detailed description of the devices will be hereinafter set forth.

in' the drawings which accompany this specification. and which are made a part hcrool". l igurc l is a side clovation of the car showing the operating means in place; Fig. 2 is a vcrl ical transverse section through lhe car along the line 2 ol Fig. I; Fig. 3

is an end view of the locking dcvicc, the lock on each side being in the position 'dcter-- mined by the position of the controlling members in Fig. 2 respectively; Fig. 4 is an end view showing the car duniped toward the left, Fig. 5 shows the controlling construction on the left hand side as appears in Fig. 4, except that the piston arm is engaged in righting the car, being the next movement of parts desired after the'posit-ion shown in Fig. t has been reached; Fig. 6 is a perspective of the operating parts of the car devtached therefrom and shown mounted on the operating shaft.

Various methods of locking dump cars and of controlling the dumping'of the same have hitherto been in use, but this invention aims at providing positive locking and checking means for the car bed when being dumped or righted also, positive contro'lling latches or triggers are arranged to be. unlocked by a member carriedon the car bed on the side of the car toward which the car bed is dumped, and arranged to be kept in locked or latched condition on the side of the car which is elevated in the dumping operation. In case of a hand operated car, of course, the controlling latches or triggers are dispensed. with and the lock is manuallyoperated; in any construction embodying the use of the lock herein illustrated and described, it will be seen that in case the car is overloaded on the side which is to be elevated 'in the d um'ping operation, when the lock on that side is released the our bed will be held in its normal position by the lock on the opposite side of the car which remains in engagement with the band or arc-shaped member. Therefore, the car bed is held in normal position by one look while the other is released to permit the force which is applied to the car bed to dump it in the proper direction. A car bed overloaded on one side could not be controlled if there were only one lock centrally or otherwise arranged, after the lock has been released, and such control is made possible by the construction herein shown, which embodies not only a simple device but one of great utility.

Much danger and disaslcr have hitherto been experienced in using dump cars, on account of their tendency to become unlocked in transportation whcn an accidcnt to one car has bccn responsible l'or the wreck ol the train,.a.nd the loss of human life. -l-)elay in Patented one. 18, 1910,

transportation, and constitute a distinct one operations not capable of performance be fore all conditions are proper.

Our 1m rovements make the car safe to handle 111 loading, 1n unloading, and don practical advance in this art.

. Especial emphasis is la d upon the fact that the car is positively locked While in carrying position, and the air cylinders which dump the car can not be operated for that purpose until the proper lock member has been first unlocked, and the dumping the car itself is adapted to set the lock on the opposite'side of the car in such position as to positively engage the locking areshaped band when the car is restored to its normal position.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the bed of the dump car mounted to dump laterally on the pivots 2 and 3 supported on the underfrme 4: oft e car, the underframe being mounted upon the trucks 5 and 6 which latter are shown conventionally. The damping of the car is efiected by a piston arm Y actuated from an air cylinder 8, to which air is admitted appropriately from the train pipe in a manner which need not be here shown or described, as it will be understood. The piston arm when lifted is adapted to engage bracket member 9 mounted on the car bed and positioned appropriately for this engagement.

A short shaft 10 ismounted in appropriate bearings on the underframe of the car; as shown in Fig. 6 a bracket '20 is provided on center sill 71, and this bracket furnishes a bearing for the shaft 10 at one end; a similar bracket is provided for a bearing for the opposite end of shaft 10. Said shaft 10 has loosely mounted thereon the cam member 11 which is perferably provided in pairs, 11, 12, between which extends the vertical piston arm 7 carrying thereon the laterally extending pins one being shown at 1% adapted for contact with the faces 15, 16 of the cam members 11, 12. It s seen that when the piston arm is lifted the edect of this construction is to rotate the members 11 and 1201i the shaft 10 as a pivot, and therefore by this action the shaft is in no wise operated. To provide for the operation of the shaft, a pin 17 is provided on each of the members 11, 12, (see Fig. 6), and over this pin engages a latch member 18 which is provided with the cam face 19', the latch member 18 is pivoted at 20, on a crank arm 21 keyed at 22 on the shaft 19. The latch 18 is formed with the extending arm 23 weighted by the ball or enlargement; 24 to maintain the engagement of the latch with the cam member and to return the o normel n by any means ZOSltlOIl. it is of the piemotion in the l w'll rotating the in 21. The s raft is seen on a crank arm of he shaft 10 and assooated men'iber 26, which is connected as 27 with the locking member This locking member carries at its ends rollers one being shown at 30, which are jorniled E59 and 29* at the ends of Z. :1 28, {see Fig. and whic ent with the arc niemher or s appears especially in Fig. mg member 28 (see 3) hair. e pivot 27 on the link which'is turn pivoted to rock 25; the rear roller ahnts against the bracket on the lower side of the center sill, but is not connected. thereto. Locking mem ber 28 is provided with a projection 32 servas stop for the arm 25, (see from swinging too far downwardly. The cam members 11, 12 are slotted at 59, 5G, to receive the pins 13, 14;; when the piston arm 7 returns to normal position after the car is dumped, the pins'13,l 4, engage the lower, prptruding wall of the slot and thereby carry down the cam members positively, to their normal position. are prevented from being tilted unduly by the cross pins 13, 14:, when the piston arm is lifted, by the lugs or shoulders 51, 515

formed thereon, which engage the center sill of the car and are thereby stopped. Safety and positiveness of operation are thereby assored.

The lockin band 31 is provided with the member 33 w ich terminates in the inclined ends 34 and 35, and referring to'Fig. 3, t e end 35 is seen to engage the roller journaled at 29 of the lock member 28, and in that position the car is locked, against dumping toward the right, whereas on the opposite side of-the car in said 3, it is seen that the lock has been lifted out of engagement with the end 3% and therefore the car is free to be dumped toward the left. The locking and controlling devices on the opposite sides of the car are similarly constructed and it is not deemed essential to describe in detail the various sets of locking and controlling devices.

Referring to Fig. l, the operation of the piston arm 7 iselearly seen; the pin 14? thereon is seen to be in engagement with the cam face 15 of the cam member 11 and the latch member 18 is seen to be in engagement with the pin 17. The weight or ball is shown at 24 carried on the extension 23 3 and 5"? thereby preventingsa-id arm The cam members the pivoted link I ar '1 21 keyed on the shaft the latch 18 pivoted at. 20'' on the crank The locking ban 1 or are-shaped member is shown" at 31, It seen-that the upward travel of the piston arm 7 does not move the cam member 11 and therefore does not disturb the position of the shaft 10 and consequently the lock member 28" on that side of the car as seen in Fig. 3, is not lifted from the position shown in said Fig. 3, inwhich itis appa z'ent that the locking member is lifted out of engagement with the inclined enf l 34. of the 'member 33-. In Fig. 3, the position of the lock- 28 is effected by the movement of the p ston arm 7 delineated in Fig. 2, the posit-lon of said arm 7 in Fig. 4- being the maximun-laelevation of said arm, after the dump-.

ing impetus has been imparted to the car bed or body 1. Therefore the unlocking of the lock 28 is effected by the initial movemnt of the piston arm 7 actuated from the air cylinder 8. Qn the opposite side of the car the position of parts during the operations just described is shown progressively in Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5, in which a plate or depending member 36 is shown, mounted near the bracket 9. In Fig. 2, the devices mounted on the left hand side of the car are shown also in normal position, which is maintained so long as the parts shown in Fig. 2 are undisturbed. In Fig. 4 the dumping operation is shown as completed; the plate member-:36 is in engagement with the face 19 of the latch 18, thereby moving said latch out of its locking engagement with the pin 17 mounted on the cam member .11, which is accomplished by rotatingv the said latch on its pivot 20. As described, above, this rotation, of the latch 18 takes place without in any manner affecting the position of the lock 28. In Fig, 5 the piston arm 7 is shown -'in engagement with the bracket member- 9 tion of parts shown in Fig. 4. The cam.

member 11 is therefore released from the latch 18 and is free to rotate on the shaft, while the latchmember is also free to rotate on its pivot 20 and consequently the position of the loclr28 during the entire dumping and righting ofithe car shown in these drawings is in no wise affected. Accordingly, when the car 15 righted by action of the piston arm 7, the lock 28 remains in such position that the inclined end 35 of the member 24 carried on the locking band 31 engages the roller journaled at 29 and is thereby held against further movement. Accord ingl the car bed comes to rest in its normal posi ion by virtue of the lock 28 maintaining "its v position as .just described.

the piston arm 7 reaches the position shown in Fig. 4, the air is out off from admission to the cylinder 8? and the piston gradually settles back in the cylinder; as this movement takes place, the pin 14- gradually moves off of' the face 15" of the cam member 11' and thereby the said cam member is free to drop to its normal position, carrying the latch member 18 therewith, and thereby restoring the lock 28 to its normal position. Consequently, when the car is righted through the described operation of the piston arm 7, the member 33 passes beneath the rollers journaled at 29" and 3O" until the inclined end 34 has passed the roller journaled at 29*, which on account of the link support for the lock 28 will drop downwardly and engage the end 34, thereby locking the car positively against an unpremgditated dumpingmovement toward the le t.

It is seen from the foregoing description that the lock on each side of. the car ismounted and connected and controlled in such manner that it is lifted from or maintains its locking position, as desired, the lock being lifted on the side of the car which is to be elevated in the dumping operation, and being left in its normal position on the opposite side of the car. By the means described a positive lock is provided for the car, arranged preferably at a point near the longitudinal center of the car Where it can be easily placed, and repaired if need be, and where the least-possible strain is developed in the lockin members by the dumplng operation of t e car. The operation of the various devices provided is controlled entirely ,from the engine by controlling the supply of air to the cylinders, and may therefore in the construction just described, be said to be automatic. One or more locking bands or arc-shaped members may be provided as desired. In a hand dump car, the locks have the same function, exercised in the same manner, but the piston and connections are eliminated.

Modifications of the features here shown may be made and this invention. is not there fore limited to the-"specificconstruction shown but is to be construed in accordance with the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. Ina dump car, a band secured thereto and depending therefrom, dumping means, a shaft mounted on said car, a rocker arm on said shaft, a lock adapted to engage said band carried by said rocker arm, and a controlling member for said-shaft adapted to be operated by said dumping-means to re- .lease said look when the car is dumped.

2. In a.dump car, a bandisccured thereto and depending therefrom, dumping means, a shaft mounted on said car, a rocker arm on said shaft, a lock adapted to engage said band carried by said rocker arm, a cam member loosely mounted on said shaft, a' latch rigidly borne on said shaft, to engage said "cam member, said dumping means bein adapted to engage said cam member to reiase said look when the car is dumped.

3. .In a dump car, a band secured thereto and depending I therefrom, a log on said band, a lock adapted to engage said lug, controlling means for said lock, and dumping means for said car connected with said controlling means and'adapted to actuate said controlling means to release said look when the car is dumped.

4. In a dump'car, a band secured thereto and depending therefrom, a lug on said band, a lock on one side of said car adapted to engage said lug, controlling means for said lock, d gmpingmeansforsmd car adapted waetiia'te said controlling means to release said lock when the car is dumped, a similar lock, lug, and controlling means on the opposite side of said car, and a member carried by said car adapted to render said controlling means on said opposite side of the car inoperative when the car is in its dumped po'sltion. 1 r

5. In a dump car, a locking band secured thereto having a lug thereon, a lock on one side of said car adapted toenga e said lug, a shaft adapted to operate said ock, a cam member loosely mounted on said shaft, ,a latch member carried by said shaft for said cam member, dumping means adapted to en;

gage said cam member to release said look when the car'is dumped, a similar lug, lock, shaft, cam, and latch means arranged on the opposite side of the car, and' a member carr1ed by said car to disengage said latch on the side ofthe car toward which the dump-v ing operation takes place. In testimony whereofwe ailix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ADGER C. STANSILL. CHARLES H. DOTY.. FRED WHITGN HUBBARD. Witnesses: v

GEO. W. RIGHTMIRE, J. D. POTTER. 

